AASL_ISS Independent Schools
ALSC. Association for Library Service to Children
IRRT. International Relations
Professional Development opportunities while at Qatar Academy:
International Association of School Librarianship Conference, Brisbane, Australia
Teacher Training Center - London:
Inquiry Based Learning in the International Classroom
Special Needs Learning in the International School
European Council of International Schools Librarians Conference, Berlin, Germany
Your School Library online conferences:
2008 - Web 2.0 Tools in the library
2009 - Information Literacy
2009 - Library Design
2010 - Reading
AASL Online Courses:
1. Reading
2. Poetry with children
Workshops and Conferences attended (Prior to working at Qatar Academy):
International Association of School Librarianship Conference - Durban, South Africa
Special needs Association of Botswana conferences
Association of Independent Schools of Africa Conferences in Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Botswana Institute on “Real Spelling” Melvyn Ramsden
Institute on Computers in the Class Room - Anna McFadden and Barrie-Jo Price
Institute on Technolgy and Learning - Learning First, Technology Second –M.A. Mather
Symposium in Cape Town “Towards more understanding - The Making and Sharing of Children’s Literature in Southern Africa”.
Co-operative Learning - Dr John Gibbon
Design Technology Workshop
Computer Association of Botswana
English as a Second Language - Mary Barrett
Counselling Children – Mark Kluckow
ICT /I*EARN Conference – UCT, Cape Town
Multiple Intelligences – Mark Kluckow, Beryl Lourens
ICT Conference – Hilton College, KwaZulu Natal
Teaching Art in the Primary School – Stan Cohen and Van Zyl le Grange
Associations I belong to and conferences and workshops I have been privileged to attend.
Membership of Professional Organizations:
International Association of School Librarianship
American Association of School Libraries
AASL_ISS Independent Schools
ALSC. Association for Library Service to Children
IRRT. International Relations
Professional Development opportunities while at Qatar Academy:
International Association of School Librarianship Conference, Brisbane, Australia
Teacher Training Center - London:
Inquiry Based Learning in the International Classroom
Special Needs Learning in the International School
European Council of International Schools Librarians Conference, Berlin, Germany
Story telling and language learning with Andrew Wright
IASL Conference, Padua, Italy
PYP Exhibition Workshop, Mumbai
Flat classroom conference, Doha
ICTQatar Conferences
ESL in the Mainstream
Information Literacy Network Librarian Course
Your School Library online conferences:
2008 - Web 2.0 Tools in the library
2009 - Information Literacy
2009 - Library Design
2010 - Reading
AASL Online Courses:
1. Reading
2. Poetry with children
Workshops and Conferences attended (Prior to working at Qatar Academy):
International Association of School Librarianship Conference - Durban, South Africa
Special needs Association of Botswana conferences
Association of Independent Schools of Africa Conferences in Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Botswana
Institute on “Real Spelling” Melvyn Ramsden
Institute on Computers in the Class Room - Anna McFadden and Barrie-Jo Price
Institute on Technolgy and Learning - Learning First, Technology Second –M.A. Mather
Symposium in Cape Town “Towards more understanding - The Making and Sharing of Children’s Literature in Southern Africa”.
Co-operative Learning - Dr John Gibbon
Design Technology Workshop
Computer Association of Botswana
English as a Second Language - Mary Barrett
Counselling Children – Mark Kluckow
ICT /I*EARN Conference – UCT, Cape Town
Multiple Intelligences – Mark Kluckow, Beryl Lourens
ICT Conference – Hilton College, KwaZulu Natal
Teaching Art in the Primary School – Stan Cohen and Van Zyl le Grange